David and Joyce Milne Public Library
Children's Room


Links Page

Research Tools



American Library Association 

Try the links for Kids or Parents to access some neat sites. 
General library information, banned books etc.

MapQuest! 

Type in a U.S. address and get a map!

Multnomah County Library Homework Center

Over 2000 sites especially for designed for students and their homework needs.

Encyclopedia.Com

Over 14,000 articles on every subject imaginable. Great place to start simple homework research.

Exploratorium

Science experiments and exhibits from the San Francisco Exploratorium Museum

Color Landform Atlas of the U.S. 

Satellite photos of every state in U.S.

Countrywatch

Maps news and information about our world, up-dated frequently. 
Good for Social Studies homework.

Math Forum Student Center

Interactive Math drills and practice questions.

Pyramids, the Inside Story

Take a look inside the pyramids. 

North Adams Public Library 

Check out our sister city to the East.

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids 

Ultimate children's guide to understanding how our government really works.

 
 

Search Engines



Google

A top-quality search engine, one of our favorites, cataloged by librarians and 
filtered to some degree.

Yahooligans

Kid-friendly database for games, homework sites and other useful information. 
A little bit commercial.

Northernlight

Very efficient and user-friendly search engine. 
Great for Boolean "and/or" searches.

Ask Jeeves for Kids

 Asks questions in "natural language like "Where are the Andes mountains?" 
Discourages wandering aimlessly around the Web.

Miscellaneous


KidsClick!

Web subject directory for kids designed by librarians --- great and classified!

America Links Up: A Kids' On-line Teach-In

Nationwide campaign to educate families about safety and use issues on the Internet.

Massachusetts Homepage

 Official website for our home state. To find other states type the same web address but substitute that state's two digit postal code in place of our "ma" (ex: "cn" for Connecticut, "wa" for Washington, etc.)

Guys Read

Author Jon Scieszka's work  in progress, a suggestion site for reluctant boy readers.

Yahooligans! Kids' Almanac -- Sports

Lots of information, some of it just plain silly, about your favorites sports.

Dinosauria

Great site for exploring the timeline of dinosaur discoveries, hosted by California's Berkeley.

Mother Goose

An alphabetical listing of all your favorite Mother Goose rhymes.

Western Mass. Regional Library System

Home to lots of useful library things, summer reading links, local library catalogs and general information.

National Geographic

 The magazine you know and love has a great site for kids and adults

Games and Fun



Book Adventure

Over 5000 book reviews, games, puzzles and other fun for children. 
Games and activities designed for young  children 

Bonus.Com

When your homework is all done, relax with some cool games and imagination areas. 

Dav's Page o' Fun

The guy from Captain Underpants explains how he started writing and gives out cool tips for making paper airplanes and just having fun. 

Fun for Kids -- by Jen

A great kids site!

Funology

Learn the science of funology!

The Kidz Page

Great page with fun games and other stuff.

The web changes all the time so if you find an inoperative or corrupted link please let us know by e-mailing Mindy at mhackner@cwmars.org
 
 

Page created by Mindy Hackner 12-22-01
Updated 2-14-02

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